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strainer failed - almost lost my boat!
Yesterday as we were sailing back to the dock one of my crew yelled 'there's a
lot of water down here'. I opened the companionway steps and saw water coming
out of the top of the sea strainer as the water was reaching the top of it.
I closed the
11, 2017 at 7:59 AM, > mailto:cnc-list-requ...@cnc-list.com > wrote:
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I just replaced mine about 5 months ago. I luckily ran into an NOS one for
half price at the marina swap meet about 2 years ago. I finally put it in
this year when we re-did my fuel system.
Mine had not actually failed, it was just a bit leaky, weeping some when
underway. I figured it couldn't h
>> On Mon, Sep 11, 2017 at 7:59 AM, wrote:
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FWIW, I like Groco products for this sort of thing. Very robust.
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Subject: Re: Stus-List Perko sea strainer failed - almost lost my boat!
Patrick,
Yes that's the unit.
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>> Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2017 10:24:34 -0400
>> Subject: Stus-List Perko sea strainer failed - almost lost my boat!
>> Yesterday as we were sailing back to the dock one of m
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> Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2017 10:24:34 -0400
> Subject: Stus-List Perko sea strainer failed - almost lost my boat!
> Yesterday as we were sailing back to the dock one of my crew yelled
> 'there's a lot of water down here'. I opened the companionway steps and
> saw water comi
Touche' has one of the Perkos on the engine cooling. However, the strainer
on the air conditioner is a Groco. Like this:
https://www.groco.net/products/raw-water-strainers/basket-strainer/arg-series
Except it has a bronze cap. I'm tempted to replace the Perko with a
Groco. I don't like the pl
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Subject: Stus-List Perko sea strainer failed - almost lost my boat!
Yesterday as we were sailing back to the dock one of my crew yelled 'there's
Like this?
http://www.trawlerforum.com/forums/s31/raw-water-strainer-failure-endemic-29996.html
Very interesting.
What if it was the engine strainer and you needed the engine? Scary
scenario.
What would contingency plan be? Gap is too wide to clamp lid shut with
Vise Grips.
My brain is whirl
yes, bronze.
On Mon, Sep 11, 2017 at 10:53 AM, Dennis C. via CnC-List <
cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote:
> Joel,
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> Wow! Interesting.
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> Was it a Perko strainer?
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> Dennis C.
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> On Mon, Sep 11, 2017 at 9:24 AM, Joel Aronson via CnC-List <
> cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote:
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>> Yesterday as we wer
Joel,
Wow! Interesting.
Was it a Perko strainer?
Dennis C.
On Mon, Sep 11, 2017 at 9:24 AM, Joel Aronson via CnC-List <
cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote:
> Yesterday as we were sailing back to the dock one of my crew yelled
> 'there's a lot of water down here'. I opened the companionway steps an
Yesterday as we were sailing back to the dock one of my crew yelled
'there's a lot of water down here'. I opened the companionway steps and
saw water coming out of the top of the sea strainer as the water was
reaching the top of it.
I closed the seacock and we manned the manual pump. Once the wa
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